· Private foundation
The Michael and Nina Stanton Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k13 grants · $39k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $39k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $134k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CARAMOUR CENTER FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTS | $78,600 |
| UNICEF | $55,800 |
| OLD FRIENDS AT CABIN CREEK | $15,500 |
| FRACTURED ATLAS | $12,000 |
| NORTHERN WESCHESTER HOSPITAL | $11,180 |
| THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN | $5,900 |
| SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION FUND - UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI | $5,000 |
| BEDFORD PLAYHOUSE | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,600 |
| THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | $4,000 |
| ZENO MOUNTAIN FARM | $3,600 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MASS AMHERST | $2,500 |
| MIANUS RIVER GORGE INC | $2,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA | $2,000 |
| CHILDREN'S RIGHTS | $1,940 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF7× · 2018–2024 · $243k · revenue +47%
FRACTURED ATLAS INC4× · 2018–2024 · $120k · revenue +57%- BPBEDFORD PLAYHOUSE INC3× · 2019–2024 · $23k · revenue +21%
Funded once
- TPTHE PERFORMANCE ZONE INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $45k · revenue +62%
- MCMETRO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INCORPORATEDgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +236%
- WCWOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $8k · revenue +26%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)
The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
Dutchess land conservancy (dlc) is dedicated to preserving the scenic, agricultural and environmental resources of dutchess county, new york, and the surrounding area. dlc, as a private non-profit land conservation organization, carries…
Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…
The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…
The conservancy preserves and revitalizes new york's architecture. by doing so, it contributes to new york's economy, tourism and quality of life.
How this is measured
32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 66 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds FRACTURED ATLAS INC ↗
- Who funds THE PERFORMANCE ZONE INC ↗
- Who funds METRO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds BEDFORD PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds THE PARRISH ART MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S RIGHTS INC ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
- Who funds WOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Tibet Fund Inc ↗
- Who funds GABRIELLE'S ANGEL FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH INC ↗
- Who funds FOX LANE HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds MIANUS RIVER GORGE INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds KOWITZ FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WAVE HILL INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
- Who funds FUTURE 5 INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds OneSight ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Ibm International Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Michael and Nina Stanton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Michael and Nina Stanton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Whale and Dolphin Conservationinc: 3% of income from government
How this is measured
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